Toy gun.



H. BECK.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV; 5,1917.

Patented May 14, 1918.

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TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED. NOV-. 5 1917.

Patented May14,1918.

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Application filed November 5,1 17. Serial No. 200,400. a

To all whom it ma concern:

Be .it known t at L'Hnmmorr BECK, a

d subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at 1206 Union street,Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Toy'Guns, of which the folvlowing is a specification.

This invention relates to toy ticularly that class of.

missiles prepared bythe gun itself from flat pieces or strips'of softmaterial, and which are projected by compressed air.

Such missiles are preferably cut from fruit skins or peels, such forinstance, as

orange peels or the like, but finely cut flat apple or potato slicesinay also be used advantageously as well as plates or strips of anysuitable manufactured material conveniently prepared to have similarproperties or qualities of said-peels or slices.

One very important advantage of such missiles is their softness whichwill prevent shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a further modified form of the gun.

Fig. 5 shows another modification.

Fig. 6 is a still. further modification.

Fig. 7 shows another modified form of the v Fig. 8 is a furthermodification of the gun.

Fig. 9 is another'modjficatiom Fig. 10 shows a my gun according to thepresent invention, in the formof a rapid Fig. 11 is a section on line abof Fig. 10. As illustrated in Fi 1, the missile or a1n-' 'munition- 4 iscylin rical andv is secured withina holder 3, while. the ejector rod 2slides'within a guide socket 3 with its axis in true alinement'with theaxis of the barrel 1. If the ejector rodis pushed into the barrel bymeans of any suitable well-known elements, it will cut out ofthe-material a piece which has a diameter equal to the diameter of thebarrel and which will be pushed forward by said rod- Within the barreltoward 9.

guns which throw .eter at its front end than at its rear.

similar missile previously cut out which then is ejected in thewell-known manner by the air compressed between both missiles during theforwarding motion of the ejector rod. In order to increase thecompression it is advisable to somewhat reduce themouth of the barrel..

' This construction, however, shows the defect that missiles out out ofsoft material, such as, for instance, .orange peels will not establishor constitute a tightly'fitting piston within'the barrel and it willconsequently not be possible to produce any noticeable amount ofcompression.

This disadvantage is overcome in the modified form of gun illustrated inFig. 2

. in whichthe barrel 1 slides within a guide sleeve 3 and has a.somewhat larger diambarrel 1 is pushed forward by means of the purposeinto the holder. 3, which is larger than the compression chamber withinthe -.barrel. If now the ejector rod 2 is pushed forward in anywell-known manner or by will in time be missile and in front of thesecond missile formed by the plunger or ejector when'the If the y knobor handle 5 it. will 'cut' out a missile from thestrip of material 4inserted for this any suitable well-known device, the missile v pressedinto the barrel and will form therein a tightly fitting piston' same ispushed forward into the barrel.

Also, in this construction, it is well to some- What reduce the outerend of the barrel. The ejector rod can be made" of such a length thatwhen into the re uced portion of the same. Mechanical connections of anywell-known'pattern may be provided between the ejector rod and barreland also the strip of material, so that the operation of one will alsoactuate the other elements.

In the modified form of gun shown in Fig. 3 the missile 4 is pressedinto the barrel 1 by the operation of a part 8, which part in thegunillustrated in jig. 4 also stamps the missile from the -material'andpresses the same into I the barrel. 1

Fig. 5 shows-amodification of the gun built according to the sameprinciple as the gun shown in Fig. 4, withthe except1on -that themovement of the part 8 is transmitted through the ejector rod 2. Afterthe misgressed into the barrel it reaches.

-25 sion chamber 16 is used 35 against the part3 which sile has beenstamped from the material, the lever 9 will strike against the part andallow a free movement of the ejector rod. 7 The modified form of gunillustrated in 6 Fig. 6 is intended for the same purpose but the ejectorrod 2 is sliding within the part 8 and cannot turn with the same. If theejector rod 2 is rotated, thepart 8 will participate in said rotation.This part 8 is 10 guided within an inclined slot 11 and consequently itsrotation will also produce a movement toward the front which will effectthe cutting of the missiles from the material. The ejector is thenpushed forward in the well-known manner. x

'In the modified-form of gun according to Fig. 7, the part 3' is made oftwo parts adapt ed to be folded'around or over the axle 12 and theinissile is cut out of the material 4 by folding both parts over saidaxle.

- The modified form illustrated in Fig. 9 shows a gun in which everypiece cut out of the material presents the appearance of a missile Whilea piston 15 within a compresfor producing the air compression. Thebarrel 1 is preferably cylindrical and the diameter of the missile issomewhat larger than the diameter of the barrel. Between the barrel andthe com- 7 S0 pression chamber a suitable packing is interposed. Thebarrel is retracted by means of the rotation of the knob or handle 5,and will thus cut out the missile from the material while the end of thebarrel is pressed is provided with a suitable washer or packing. Asshown in Fig. 9, thebarrel is retracted by a separate device and thestrip of material 4 for the ammunition constitutes the packing. In theform of gun illustrated in Fig. 10 the barrel 1 is-also retracted and aconical body 17 enters the barrel after the missile has been cut outfrom the strip of material. The missile will thereby be pressed into thecylindrical body of the barrel and present a tight fitting. Moreover, aspecial washer or'packing 18 can also be used. It will be clear that thebarrel can also be made stationary while a movable part, such forinstance as. a body as shown in Fig. 4, canbe moved against the barrel.Any mechanical connections of a suitable pattern may be provided toconnect the piston and barrel allowing independent motion of both.

As illustrated in Fig. 10, the part 19 se cured to the ejector 20 andtrigger 21 is firmly connected by means. of a rod 22 with the barrel 1.The part l9slides within the barrel and can be moved by means of the 130kno '5 so far toward the front that the lefthand end of the barrel isengaging the'bush- I ing 3* and the strip of material 4 can now be movedby hand or. mechanically for one stepby means of the knob 5." If saidknob is then retracted the barrel will be moved will eject theprojectile.

backward and will cut out the ammunition. Simultaneously, the sprin 23behind the piston will be'tensioned. y a turn of the handle 5 the part19 will be retained in'its position. By the operation of the trigger 7o21 the piston 15 is pushed to the front and During the ten-, sioningoperation, air is entering the compression chamber through a hole. 30,or the piston is so constructed that it is only tight toward one side,so that air can enter the compression chamber on the other side.

' Fig. 11 shows a modified form of the gun in the form of a rapidfirer.- The barrel 1 J and the ejector 2 are connected by means of alink 24. During the retraction of the ejector rod 2 the barrel 1 is alsoretracted and cuts aprojectile from the strip of material 4. Theoperator operates with his right hand the ejector rod 2' while with hisleft he advances the strip of material. It is essential that the gun bestationary during these operations and a screw clamp 25, 26 is providedfor this purpose allowing a clamping of the gun to a table, etc. Thespring 29 is provided for assisting in the displace- .ment of the stripof material by holding the barrel toward the front; By

suitable mechanical connections, the strip of material can be coupledwith the ejector, or with the barrel.

The holes in the strip of material from which the ammunition orprojectiles have been cut, are adapted to be engaged by the means foradvancing said strip.

The holder 3 for the ammunition is secured, as shown, to a toothedsegment 26 adapted to cooperate with a pin 27 arranged to be actuatedfor the operation of said segment upon the rotation of a vertical shaft31 by means of the hand or thumb screw 25 for rotating the gimbarrel.

7 Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. A toy guncomprising a barrel, a loose plunger for the same, a support for asupply of substantially fiat ammumt1o n material, and means for shapingpro ectiles from the material and for forcing them successively into thebarrel, whereby the ad- Vance projectile is expelled by the aircompressed by the succeeding one.

- 2. A toy gun comprising a barrel, a plunger for the same, a means forsupporting a supply of ammunition material, means for shapingprojectiles from sald'materlal, and means for compressing the projectllecut from said ammunition supply for ejectionfrom the barrel,substantially as described.

3. A toy gun of thecharacter described,

comprising in combination with its barrel, a holder, a supplyofammunition in said holder, and means adapted to be displaced into saidbarrel after cutting a missile from said ammunition supply.

4:. A toy gun of the character described, comprising in combinationwithits barrel, a holder, a supply of ammunition in said holderconsisting of a strip from which the missiles are to be cut, and anejector rod adapted to be displaced into said barrel after cutting amissile from said ammunition supply. 4

5. A toy gun of the character described, comprising in combination withits barrel, ejector and ammunition supply, a holder for said supply,means for cutting a missile from said supply, mechanically operatedcoupling means for operatively connecting said barrel, ejector andammunition supply, means for securing the gun to a support, and meansfor operating the gun to allow its discharge in all directions,substantially as described.

6. A toy gun comprising in combination with its barrel having a reduceddischarge and a widened charge end, a means for supplying ammunition tosaid barrel, a means for cutting a missile from said ammunition supply,a means for ejecting said missile from said barrel, and a support for asupply of such ammunition material.

HEINRICH BECK.

